by Aim Admin | Feb 24, 2023 | Legislative Update, Media, Members
February 24, 2023 The Big Issues HOMESTEAD PROPERTY Last year, an Indiana Tax Court case threw into question long-standing definitions of what constitutes a homestead for the purposes of property taxation, property tax caps, and homestead deductions. Long-standing...
by Aim Admin | Feb 17, 2023 | Legislative Update, Media, Members
February 17, 2023 The Big Issues SESSION UPDATE The first half of the session is nearing completion. Next week is the committee report deadline in both the House and the Senate. This means that any bills not passed though committee by next Tuesday in the House or...
by Erin Jamison Koenig | Feb 10, 2023 | Legislative Update, Media, Members
February 10, 2023 The Big Issues ANNEXATION SB 219 would remove a municipality’s ability to initiate annexations. Only voluntary and super-voluntary annexations would be permitted to be initiated if SB 219 were to become law. Aim opposes SB 219 because it would...
by Aim Admin | Feb 3, 2023 | Legislative Update, Media, Members
February 3, 2023 The Big Issues HOUSING Multiple bills stemming from the Housing Task Force to address Indiana’s housing shortage have made progress this week, including an Aim legislative initiative. HB 1005 is the House Republican agenda bill that came from...
by Aim Admin | Jan 27, 2023 | Legislative Update, Media, Members
January 27, 2023 The Big Issues HOUSING This summer the General Assembly took a comprehensive look at the barriers and opportunities for housing growth in the state by convening the Housing Task Force, on which Aim served and testified. The task force concluded with...
by Aim Admin | Jan 20, 2023 | Legislative Update, Media, Members
January 20, 2023 The Big Issues HOUSING TIF SB 300 and HB 1081 both remove the restrictions on which communities can use housing TIF based on recent housing stock growth. SB 300 also removes the requirement that a school board approve a housing TIF before it goes...